In Tula is one of the most visited museums called "Tula samovars", which represents a large number of samples of a variety of samovars, dating back 18-20 centuries.

The opening of the museum took place in 1990 in a two-story house, which was built between 1910 and 1911 by architect V. Sirotkin Mendeleev Street close to the walls of the Tula Kremlin. As a basis for the exposure has been taken a huge collection of various samovars that has been collected over many years of operation of the Tula museum association of literary and historical and architectural museum, a branch of which was the "samovar" museum.

The museum has three halls, which house exhibits, telling about some of the stages of the history and manufacture of samovars.

In the first room are exhibited masterpieces belonging to the 18-19th centuries samovar case. Here you can see a prototype called samovars sbytennyk; there samovars, which were made famous in the samovar factory, founded by Ivan Lisitsin. Available there samovars collected from factories and catfish Malikov, who led the Tula samovar paperwork in the early years of the 19th century.

Production of the first samovar fell on 1778, while in 1803 the factory had more than 25 workers and production bring good results, because the money in half thousand rubles a year is considered excellent earnings. It is possible to see the samovars of various shapes, made from a barrel and ending samovars ovoid with a tap in the form of dolphins.

In the first room you can see the famous medal from the World Exhibition in Chicago in 1893, in Paris in 1889, London in 1909, in Nizhny Novgorod in 1896, which were received brothers and Shemarinymi Batasheva.

In the next room are exhibited samovars, dating from the late 19th - early 20th century. Here you can see photos gathered from personal collections samovarschika Tula, five miniature samovars which were donated in 1909 Batasheva children of Czar Nicholas II; there samovars relating to the Soviet era, which were made for the leaders of the Communist Party.

The third hall tells the story of Tula samovar factory called "Stamp" - the only in the entire city, engaged in production of samovars. Of the total number of copies have presented quite ordinary or flame, as well as combined and electric. It is this room like most true connoisseurs of tea. It is clear that today you can buy a samovar for every budget and taste, but not so long ago cost the purchase of this item is quite expensive.

One of the most interesting facts about the samovar is the one that in the past samovars were sold by weight, for example, a samovar brass cost 64 rubles per 1 pud, red copper - 90 rubles per pud, but samovars nickel silver or silver worth quite large Money, therefore, be available only to the rich. It is worth noting that the purchase of expensive samovar always raised the status of its owner in the eyes of the public.

The museum "Tula samovar" was the hallmark of the city. The composition of museum collections is truly unique, which made the museum is particularly popular among residents and tourists. It is here that it is possible to see the samovar, weighing up to 500 kg for a volume of 450 liters - the largest samovar in the world. Not far from this giant is, on the contrary, the smallest samovar, which accommodates only three drops.

For a long time the samovar was seen as a symbol of the house, which is not possible without the presence of tourists. The fact that the invention relates samovar to the 18th century, says that the tea to Russia was introduced only in the 17th century. After the appearance of tea samovars began to gain more and more popularity, resulting in a huge number of people were able to really enjoy the color and taste of this excellent drink.